Nov 30 - Coffin Cares

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer
• number of the day
• please find out if you are going to be here for the festive evening performance

3 FAF - we will be birding again tomorrow so please dress for the weather. Coming to school in a hoodie is NOT being dressed for the weather.
Highlights
What did you do today?
We had our first Coffin Cares assembly.
How did you show what you did?
We learned about different clubs that are running in our school. We also recognized students who showed respect for self, others and the environment. People in the Green Team, DC and the WE club were recognized for their dedication and contributions to our school.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how to care more for each other so that we create an even more caring school.

Nov 29 - Game of Nine Cards

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer
• number of the day
• textbook Group A P57 #1-2
• textbook Group B P105 #1-6

3 Please wear your Dr. Coffin T-shirt. We are having our very first "Coffin Cares" assembly tomorrow at 10 am.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We played addition games with decks of cards. We also learned the game of nine cards.
How did you show what you learned?
We played with a partner and tried to make 15 with three cards. Ask me to teach you!
What do you need to learn next?
We need to practice playing these games to improve our mental math skills. Here is a link to game of nine cards online. https://illuminations.nctm.org/DeepSeaDuel/

Also, the blog for YYC Young Citizen Scientist is highlighting our birding Science residency. Have a look here! Remember, there is a blog contest. You can submit your entries up until Dec 21! 

http://yycsyoungcitizenscientists.blogspot.ca/2017/11/look-out-calgary-schools-here-come-yycs.html
http://yycsyoungcitizenscientists.blogspot.ca/2017/11/birding-brings-out-best.html

Nov 28-Tunisia!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Festive Evening Form - due Monday December 4
3 Treat Day Leftovers tomorrow if you want to bring $.25
4 ebird info sheet coming home if students want to ebird at home
5 Homework:

• bellringer
• number of the day

6 Scholastic due Friday
7 Reminder to parents that student photos should be ordered online ASAP if people want them in time for Christmas gifts.  Please order online at www.mylifetouch.ca and refer to your child’s photo envelope as the codes are noted on the individual photos.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
Yesterday we learned about Tunisia in a presentation.
How did you show what you learned?
We played a board game that had questions that we had to answer about Tunisia. We also got shown artifacts from Tunisia, we made a mosaic and we played a game about exports, imports and goods and services.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn more about Tunisia.

Nov 24 - We Had to be Professional

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer

3 FAF - 2nd part of CPAWS/Green Calgary Young Citizen Scientists presentation. We will be walking around the community for about an hour and then outside in the school yard for another hour, so please dress for the weather. Please bring a snack or two because we will be burning off energy tomorrow!!! Please bring back media release if you have not sent it back yet as CPAWS will be filming those students who have a media release.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned what went into a professional music performance.
How did you show what you learned?
We recorded and filmed Basia Bulat's song, "Fool," for the CBC Classroom Music contest. The top three schools get their songs put on the radio and the winning school gets $10 000 worth of music equipment.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to wait and see what the judges think of our entry.

Nov 22-Bird Science

Agenda:
1Read
2 Spelling Test tomorrow
3 Fun Lunch tomorrow
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to draw birds of Alberta. We learned about proportion in art. 
How did you show what you learned?
We learned about Alberta birds and had to write their scientific names.
What do you need to learn next?
We now need to learn the interesting facts about our bird. 

Nov 21- I Am Wearing My Tunisian Moustache!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer
• number of the day
• Randy Bottle Journal entry

3 Scholastic due Friday Dec 1
4 Spirit Day tomorrow! Wear your moustache!
5 Thursday is fun lunch.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned about Tunisia.
How did you show what you learned?
We all had different questions that we wanted to know about Tunisia and each group answered certain questions about Tunisia.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn about the other countries that we are going to study this year.

Nov 20 - Shade It In

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework: 

• bellringer
• number of the day

3 Scholastic due Dec 1
4 Spirit Day - Wednesday Nov 22 - Moustache Day
5 Fun Lunch - 
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned to use chalk pastels to shade and create shadows.
How did you show what you learned?
We drew a snowman and shaded it with white and blue.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to complete the background and the other details of the artwork.

Nov 15-Sort! Transfer! Write!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer

3 Parent Conferences Thursday and Friday - No School Friday

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We did word work today.
How did you show what you learned?
We finished sorting our ness, ight, less pattern words and we made transfer words and wrote our sentences.
What do you need to learn next?
We want to be able to use these patterns to help us spell words correctly in our writing

Nov 14-Tunisia, Tunisia!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 One last day for food bank drive - Wednesday
3 Parent Conferences on Thursday 4-8 and Friday 8-12 - students should attend this conference with your parents
4 - NO School on Friday because of conferences
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned where Tunisia is. Ask me what continent it is on!
How did you show what you learned?
We looked at where Tunisia is with Google Earth on the computer and then we filled in information on a map. We then looked at the weather in Tunisia and used that information to fill in a sheet shaped like a suitcase. We put all the things that we would need to travel to Tunisia.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn how they live and whether it is different from how we live here, learn about their culture, what languages they speak, if it is dangerous there, and the ways they live.

Nov 10-Make a Connection!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer

3 Snowpass Gr 4 only
4 Sign up for parent conferences starts this weekend
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We have been learning about making connections when we read.
How did you show what you learned?
We have been noticing when we are reading the book, Number the Stars, how things in the book connect with experiences we have had in our own lives.
What do you need to learn next?
We are going to use these connections to help make our writing better.

Nov 9 - Remembrance Day Assembly Tomorrow

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bellringer
• number of the day

3 Spelling Test tomorrow
4 Remembrance day Assembly at 10:45am. If you are a part of Scouts, Brownies, Guides, Beavers, Cubs please wear your complete uniform
5 Tomorrow is picture retake day.
6 It is FAF, but because of the assembly and retakes we will not be doing learning outdoors.
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned why the shadows are getting bigger and smaller and moving.
How did you show what you learned?
We went out and measured our shadows yesterday and on the last sunny day. We also watched a video clip about how shadows move with the sun.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn that when the sun moves behind the clouds we need to learn if we can see the sun and what that is called (transparent, opaque or transclucent)Nok

Nov 7 - Remember

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bell ringer
• number of the day

3 Food Drive starts tomorrow - you can bring non perishable food items or a cash donation.

4 On Friday we have our assembly - poppies will be given out that day, students can bring in a donation of $0.25.

5 Spirit Day Club Meeting this Thursday.

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to make streamer poppies.
How did you show what you learned?
We have been making Remembrance Day art in the style of master artists like George Nolan and Georgia O'Keefe.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to put the finishing touches and then display them for our assembly.

Nov 6- Lockdown. Lockdown. Lockdown.

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Homework:

• bell ringer
• number of the day

3 Spelling words for this week's test are coming home tonight
4 Remembrance Day Assembly is this Friday
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned to prepare for a lockdown situation in our school.
How did you show what you learned?
We had to practice what to do in a lockdown situation in our school. Ask me about it!
What do you need to learn next?
We need to continue to practice lockdowns and fire drills so we know what to do in those situations.

Nov 2-DRESS FOR THE WEATHER!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Scholastic - tomorrow
3 We are participating in the CPAWS/Green Calgary program called YYC - Young Citizen Science. We will be outside in the school yard and WW all morning. Please bring warm clothing. 
4 Homework: Bell Ringer, Number of the Day
Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to do poppy art like the artist Georgia O'Keefe. She likes to paint from a bee's eye view.
How did you show what you learned?
We used "inchy" paper, we taped it with squiggly tape, we used oil pastels to outline and then used waterpaint to cover the paper.
What do you need to learn next?
We will be making a set of 4 inchy paper art to put together for Remembrance Day.

Nov 1- Math! Math! Math!

Agenda:
1 Read
2 Scholastic - Nov 3
3 CPAWS/Green Calgary media release form

Highlights
What did you learn today?
We learned how to round to the nearest ten and hundred.
How did you show what you learned?
We filled out a sheet about estimating sums. We had to estimate to figure out if the answer was reasonable.
What do you need to learn next?
We need to learn to round to the nearest thousand and add two to three digit numbers.